Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 28 December 1935 — Page 1

O 1 \XXII1 No. 307

ISTRIBUTION gs FALL TAXES ISANNOUNCED I htiy Over $200,000 Is Distributed Among Taxing Units nlv Auditor John W. Tyndall u.'announced the distribution L $208,266 13 in taxes collectl„ November by County Treas , John Wechter. the J 208.268.13, small ats were deducted for items ipeclal Judge, which is paid by gtate. the treasurer's fee, and LoUi taxes, leaving .’2W7.952,(or (listiibutlon among the var , taxing units. foe money which will be given ttte as its shre of the distrijon totals $W,906.72 and is as c ,. s state revenue, $6,156.46; p school revenue, $8,229.91; retirement fund. $2,588World War memorial fund. H 2; board rtf agriculture fund, ■ s j! state forestry fund, $215.'educati”ii improvement fund. Mn ts; Clarke Memorial fund, vents, and State Library buildfund. 43 cents, common school j ......rest. $2,675.53. permanent os-ments. $158.86. docket tees, he amount to be paid the counter the county revenue fund is $40.40. A total of $5,339.76 will [iven to the county bond fund, he gravel road repair fund wdi lire $3.38. The township road i fund will receive $35,820.72. he money to be distributed aig the townships is: township $5,134.72: tuition tax. $25,532 - ipeclal school tax, $29,979.20; ■oi building /r/iids, $3,655.56; I tax. 24 cents, and township tux, $15.u46.42. hi- : ,-y tax distribution amount to $17,867.70. The city library 8 $1,280.76. Taxes Due hr total gen. ral property tax in the November installment !:56.26G.,;3. This was -li.l-i follows: current tax due in ember, $205,250.91; unpaid < ui taxes in May delinquent, in ember. $14,109.12, and total ot r delinquent taxes due. s3t; H. te November collection totaled ,182.02. This was divided as ws: current tax due Nover. $194,707.82; current tax unlin May and delinquent in Nover. $4,808.85; and other delimit taxes due, $4,665.35. her collections made were; is and savU.gs banks. $3 nd building and loan associatax. $112.32, and moratorium $115.26. le county treasurer's three p.-i fee for collecting delin'! . m iamounting to $2,585 was $77 ■ e total collected tor poll taxxas $2,519.40. This was distrid as follows: state revenue $1,357.64; state school p >ll. .82; tuition poll. $33.35. and ial school poll, $69.38, corpora $380.21. 0 ge Bomb Is Thrown In Chicago Bunding fcago. Dec. 28—(UP)—A huge i> was thrown today through a id-or In the building that torly horsed the French casino North Side. The Casino has eolsed for sevreal weks but itations were being made for •hing the place Jan. 15. 8k bomb, consisting of eight 8 of dynamite encased in a 1 Pipe, wars crudely made and •tod:t;nate becaue? the shock faking the g’.aes disengaged burning fuse. said enough explosive was 'bed in the bomb to have vir- ? destroyed the building. ■— o !ii Investigate South Bend Fire Bend, Ind., Dec. 28 -('JT.' •investigation into the sl-'".-ire which destroyed the 11. I ’ department store and Mned an entire block in th Ptown district was scheduled > today. !re Chief William Freeh said oDe( t to determine how the Rained such hemiway before .’ >n reached the scene. * tire was believed started in , te basket in the baseim nt of .ween store. Firemen were in fighting the blaze enss smoke and near-zero •’ra.’ures, J* than 40 firemen who suf [r °m exposure and sm-T * ths 13-hour fight against aze were reported out of tw today,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT — - DAIL Y NEWSPAPER IN AD AMS COUNTY

Advance Plans For Tri Kappa Dance Plana are in projrrPAn fnr ti»« Charity Ball to ba glven by the T Kappa Sorority New Year’s Eve at the Decatur eonntry Club. Woodie I Neffs orchestra from Fmt Wave I Will furnish the music and the pubI lie ta cordially invited to attend I Tickets are on sale tor $1.50 and | may be procured from any member i of the atrority or purchased at tho I door. ■ — —o — ANNUAL C. C. BANQUET PLAN Annual Banquet Will Be l i Held Here Thursday, January 16 t The Decatur Chamber of Commerce will hold the annual ban- , quet Thursday evening, January 16. The banquet will be held at the new Masonic hall, North Third street, with the ladies of the Eastern Star serving the dinner, which will be held at 6:15 p. m. ' Albert Stump, prominent Indianapolis attorney, has been obtained as the principal speaker. Mr. ' Stump will take as nis subject, "new problems in taxation for employers and employes." j The speaker, who lias appeared in Decatur on a number of occasions, will discuss various forms of new taxailon and will also delve into present taxes. Principal among his discussions will be taxes tobe Imposed under the social security act. Among tue taxes he will discuss and explain will be: income tax, all types of federal taxes, inheritance tax, sales tax. gross income tax, property tax, the agriculture adjustment administration processing tax and other forms of taxation of particu lar interest to manufacturers, business men and all employes. In attendance at the banquet will be members of the Chamber of Commerce, the Junior Chamber lof Commerce, Rotary and Lions clubs. and any other persons interested in obtaining detailed information! concerning taxes. The annual election of directors will be held at the meeting, with I three new directors to be chosen.' The Junior Chamber of Commerce will also elect officers at this meeting. Tickets for the banquet will be sold for 50 cents per plate. Insull Seeks To Come Back Through Radio Chicago. Dee. 28—(UP)— Samuel Insull, enterprising and ambitious at 76, confident he still possesses, the Midas touch that lifted him fi-.m a bookkeeper's bench in a London office to fa'tulous wealth has decided to fight his way back in the world of business —his battle field . the youthful industry of radio, 'nsull; twice tried and acquitted on charges of fraud arising fr:m stock trans-1 actions ..f his now’ vanished utilities company, has associated himself with a new broadcasting chain by which he hopes to regain hie wealth. THEOLOGISTS HOLO MEETING Over 3,000 Student Theologists Meeting At Indianapolis Indianapolis. Pec. 28— (U.R) More than 3.000 student theologLsts from colleges and universities from 43 states and all prov ncos O s Canada gathered in Cadle tabernacle today tor the opemn., of the twelfth quadrenmal con en j tion of the student volunteei ; m Thiny n three seminars,, in addr, tion to general sessions, j scheduled to give the youths who have consecrated then 1 foreign missionary sen ce.an op portunity to study pro-lems sac | iiiii Christianity• , Approximately 500 colleges and, I u .,ivenltl»s were i-enii ente the conference which will exten through New Year’s Day and include addresses by mor_ t 25 religious leaders from thiougn out the world. .. i Dr. George Stewart, partor o the First Stanford, Conn., prom ne ’*'s! SS*i". ™'» of theological Btu,lP ’ U ie I THREE)

RECORD COLD WAVE BROKEN OVER NATION I Fog. Snow Increase Hazards; Relief From Cold Strikes Indiana (By United Press) A record cold wave that has caused more than 200 deaths and I a huge property loss In three days j retreated today, although snow began falling on 15 states of the > middlewest and south. Fog increased the hazards of Icy | roads and streets in the Great Lakes states and winds of nearly gale fore whipped from the north down the Atlantic coast as far as South Carolina. Florida, most of , Alabama, aa -1 Mississippi and , southern Louisiana escaped the grip of freezing temperatures but the wind increased human hard- ' ships. j Forecasters predicted snow in Tennessee, Mississippi. Alabama, and isolated other sections of the deep south. North and westward, snow was expected in virtually all the region from the Texas Panhandle to Canada. Where snow failed, the forecasters said, rain would fall. Horticulturists said damage done Florida citrus crops when the temperature dropped to 30 at Tampa and 24 In other sections of the state could not be immediately estimated. A brisk breeze prob--1 ably kept frost off the trees on highlands and smudge pots burned by thousands in low sections, ■ but growers feared heavy loss. In other southern states, where the cold wave surpassed records of 10 years standing, at least 12 persons froze to death and snow ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NAMED SAFETY DRIVE LEADER J. P. Storen District Head In State Public Safety Campaign Fort Wayne, Dec. 28 —The appointment of J. P. Storen of i Scottsburg as supervisor of the Fort Wajne district in Gov. Mc- ; Nutt's newly launched public safe- ; ty campaign was announced here yesterday by Jack Edwards, tori mer mayor of Marion, who is servi Ing as director of the -state s 10 •listrict safety supervisors. Mr. Edwards was in the city to i outer with William F. Owens. Fort Wayne district WPA director. j The appointment of Mr. Storen . is a step in the statewide educa- i ! tfotial and enforcement program | o cut down the appaling number; 'of highway accidents in which j thousands have been killed or in-; . jured. I The district safety supervisor will have charge of nine counties 'n Fort Wayne WPA district, ■ ; - ia mely Allen, Adams, Blackford, I I Miami' Grant, Wabash. Hunting-j 'ton, Whitley and Wells counties.| He wi l annoint a safety director j front the rel'ef rolls of each conn-1 hy who will -organize the local - safety programs. The state-wide program which | was worked out by Gov. McNutt i e.nd Donald Stiver, a state director ' ct public safety, is being undertaken ns a WPA nroject. and is financed with federal funds. !t js being directly sponsored by the state bureau of accident prevention under Loren Warner of Indianapolis. . I no Fort Wayne district supervirior is exnected to name the I ! county directors next week. These . !,- oU ntv directors will contact vatInu, civic grouns. luncheon clubs, | insurance companies, schools,' !, atet y councils, womens clubs iunior councils, motor clubs, rail'roads and other organizations to{ form a public safety committee, j The safety activities under the u ,, w iv launched campaign include a Safety contest to be conducted '• n an effort to reduce the autosn» fatalities. The governor the best records on tiattic act fatalities per copulan t 0 winning counties. Jin ura will be grouped according COUn J Xion Competing with F Ol -t Wavne are Indianapolis, South Bond. Evansville and Gary. WEATHER Cloudy, local snows tonlaht and Sunday; no deX change in temper- ; ature.

I) ec atur , Indiana, Saturday, December 28, 1935.

Holiday Visitor for President r- - - "F 'A* ’‘y/ A. 1 President Rootevelt and Sare_ ! Illness of Buzzie and Slstle Dajl, grandchildren of President Roosevelt, prevented their presence at the White House tor Christmas, but the chief executive received holiaay greetings from another grand child, Sara Roosevelt, above, daughter of James Roosevelt.

APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE t County Commissioners To Reorganize And 1 Name Appointees ■ Phil Sauer of Union township will begin his second three year term as Adams county commis- . oioner on January i, 1936. He •l was re-elected in the general election in November of 1934. One commissioner begins a new ! term or a reelected term each < year. As there was no election in 1935 it was necessary for Mr. Sauer to run for office a year ago. Moses Augsburger was also I elected in 1934. He took office I January 1. 1935. The commissioners will meet , Tnursday, January 2, to re-organ- [ ize. Frank Martin, the oldest I member of the board, is now president of the body. Monday, the commissioners will meet to allow the claims for the last of 1935. All claims against the county should have been filed this week. The legal notice of the '' commissioner’s allowance was 1 published in Friday’s edition of the Daily Democrat. At the first meeting in January the board must make an appoint- ! ment for a physician to the county ; jajl and the county infirmary. This appointment is made for a one year term. Dr. J. M. Miller, the present physician, has filed ■tan application for reappointment. The commissioners must also ; make a four year appointment for ■ a Democratic member of the board of trustees of the Adams county | memorial hospital. James G. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) PROPOSESIT IN AAA POLICY Con. ider Shift FroniCrop Restriction To Improved La”d Use Washington, Dec. 28.—A proposal for shifting farm benefit payments from a basis of crop restriction to one of improved land use has been revealed to be under con- ; at the AAA. Although discussed several months, the suggestion was said to have been brought into prominence by a study of possible lines the supreme court might follow in its coming decision on the constitutionality of the processing tax, the present financial source of such | paymens. If it should hold the tax valid, but decide, too, that it could not I be used as an instrument of crop restriction, one official said, the land use alternative might be launched at once. In practical operation, production control would become an indirect. although still important, result of AAA activities. Proper i land use, it was said, would limit output to what could be sold in domestic and foreign markets. Os the possibilities of the land use program the official said that “if all the land now planted in cotton or corn or wheat which would < be more practicable if growing legumes or forests were planted in these non cash crops, then unprofitable submarginal lands would be taken out of production and the harvests would be balanced."

Robert Vitz Attends National Convention Robert Vitz, son of Rev. and Mrs. , N. E. Vitz of New Bremen, Ohio, in In Indianapolis attending the National theol.gieal students volunI teer convention bring held at Butler University. He was chosen as a delegate from Eden Seminary at St. Louis, international religious leaders are addressing the convention. Mr. Vitz ia well known here, having preached at the Zion Reformed church a number of times. He sea grand* n of Herman Sellemteyer i of this city. o DRAIN PROJECT TO START SOON CCC Workers To Start Work On Boknecht Drain In Short Time Th? Boknecht drain project will be started as soon after the first of the year as the weather permits, officials of the F.:rt Wayne CCC camp have informed Walter Gllliom, Adams county (surveyor. The project has been approved by Washington. As the CCC camps are federal instead of state projects, all approvals must come from the national headquarters. A largo crew of men probably about 36, will work on this project. The drain is two miles long and parallels a north and south road northeast of Monmouth. A mile and a half of the drain is icpen and the north rn half mile is clos’d. All of it will be enclosed by the CCC workers. At points this drain is 10 feet deep. A number of serious accidents have been caused by cars going off the road and falling into it. At the . resent it Is entirely filled by drifting enow and is deceptive as it appears to be level with the r,:ad. Work will also be done on the 1 prelimnary survey of the Yonkin drain in Kirkland township This is a mile long and requires cleaning. The clearing away of the brush for the survey can be done in weather unfit for regular ditching. If this project is approved, all ®f the brush will ibe removed and the prop.r slope restored to its sides. About three days work is required to complete the Gfeller ditch in Kirkland township. This ditch opens into the Gerber joint ditch in Kirkland tewnehip. County Surveyor Gllliom has made requests for a number of other ditch projects which have not yet been approved iby the government. o Fraud Defendant Denies His Guiit Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 28 —(UP) —Sam Schweitzer,. Chicago, one of 15 defendants in the postal fraud case against Louis Stern and Co., defunct investment firm of Indlanapoltsh and Chicago pleaded not guilty at a hearing before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell, here yesterday. Schweitzer surrendered to authorities in Omaha, Neb., more than a month ago and his bond was set at $2,000. Trial tentatively has been set for February 10. Schweitzer originally was to have been arraigned a week ago ,but informed Vai Nolan, United States District attorney, that he was in St. Louis, Mo., and too ill to make | the trip.

PREMIER LAVAL I FIGHTING FOR POLITICAL LIFE Vote On Policies Expected Today; Barriers Are Erected By United Press Paris —Premier Laval fights for political life as chamber of d< puties meets in crucial session to vote approval or disapproval of Laval’s course in the defunct An-1 glo-French peace negotiations. Rome — Southern Italian army ; erects 33% mile long barbed wire : defenses against threatened Ethiopian mass attack. Asmara — Ethiopians penetrate Italian northern front lines to I noint 20 miles north of Takazze river. Defends Policies i (Copyright 1935 hy United Press) I , Paris, Dec. 28— (U.R) —Premier Pierre Laval fought for his political life today in the chamber of deputies, cool and unshaken by a punishing fire of criticism of his I foreign policy. After a morning of debate which indicated that the chamber wan almost evenly divided, the session ; was adjourned at noon (6 a. m. j CST) until 3 p. tn. (9 a. m. Then Laval was to make his de-' feuse of his handling of the Ital-1 ian-Ethloplan problem in a speech on whose appeal the fate of his ; government rested. A vote of confidence in his for-! eign policy wan expected between ; 4 and 5 p. m. (10 a. m. and 11 a. [ tn.) It was indicated tha.t the vote would bo close, so close an to doom his government almost certainly within the next few weeks i I even if he won it, unless the mercurial premier could retrieve his i position. Observers predicted a victory by the slightest of margins, but they spoke none too surely. Everything depended on Laval and his ability to persuade a few ■ middle-of-the-road deputies to drop i into the urns beside the chamber ; president’s chair the white cards ' that will mean victory instead of the blue ones that will force his | government's resignation. Sixteen speakers addressed the 1 I chamber this morning, 13 in explanation of their parties' im- j pending votes. Erect Defenses 1 (Copyright 1935 by United Press) ; Rome, Dee. 28 — (U.R) — Italians ; on the extreme southeastern front ‘ in Ethiopia have erected a line of barbed wire defenses 3:’>’g miles long io frustrate an expected j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) i o — Fire Causes Only Slight Damage Here A fire was caused at the Dr. I’. B. Thomas home Friday afternoon by an overheated lireplace. The joist beneath the hearth took tire. Very slight damage was done, it waa extinguished by the city fire department. i o BANK TO SELL GODNTY FARMS Two Farms Are Offered For Sale By Old Adams County Bank Two Adams -county farms will be ffered for sals from day to day until sold by and at the Old Adams County bank- These are the Drake 40 acre farm in St. Mary's township and the Gerber 80 acre farm in Root township. When offtred for sale recently these did not bring their appraised price. Judge Hubfer M. DeVoss has ordered the deeds be given purchas- i ere of four of the bank -properties.' These are Stults resident on North Second street sold to- Hazel D. Hunt l for $1,075; the Miller residence on j North First street sold to Roy Cand Ida N. Lehman tor $1,525; the Roop (property on North Eleventh street scld to Leander Reffey for SBSO, and the 80 acre Gerber farm in Kirkland township sold to Jacob Barger for $3,235. Judge DeVoss also sustained a petition filed by the special agent to cancel the contract of sale by the ank to Harold B. and Bonnie Albright tor the licuse located just south of the Decatur Public Library. In order to -clear the title it wa« necessary for the bank to pay $650.66 to A. R. Ashbaucher who held a lien on the property. This petition was filed and was ustainied by, Judge DeVoss.

Milne Confesses Faking Kidnaping To Get Publicity

TO ASK FUNDS FORMEMORIAL Seek $500,000 Appropriation For Memorial At Fort Wayne Washington, Doc. 28. The fedcrI al government will be asked in the coming session of congress to appropriate $500.00'1 tor a memorial to! . Anthony Wayne in Fort Wayne. I Rep. James I. Farley, Fourth In-' diana district, is at work on the' bill tor the memorial. This he will Introduce early In the session. Far-1 ley said he would follow the lines ' laid down hy the George Rogers i Clark commission when the Clark Memorial at Vincennes was auth- - orized. In that case a federal commission was created to plan and j build the memorial. Farley said it was hoped to acquire a suitable site and erect an ; appropriate monument. Fort Wayne, Dec. 28.—An Anthony Wayne Memorial commisi slot) composed of five Fort Wayne ' people was appointed several months ago by Gov. Paul V. Mej Nutt to work out suitable plans i for a memorial in honor of Maj. I i Gen. Anthony Wayne, who built I and dedicated a fort here m 1794 at the head of the Maumee river. Memembers of this commission are G. Irving Latz, Mrs. J. B. Crankshaw of the I). A. R., Roy Brun(CONTINUED ON PAGE STX) CITY COUNCIL MEETS FRIDAY Special Session Held To Dispose Os Unfinished Business A short session of the city conn- . cil was held last evening at the 'city hall, the purpose being to al-1 low hills and dispose of unfinished j business before the end of the] year. Balances in the various funds will bi- available as soon as the ! ' amounts allowed last evening are j i deducted from the totals and re-' I eeipts from now to December 31; I are included. No word has been received by! ■ the council from the state direct>or of the PWA relative to the award of contracts for the conden-j ser, 2,000 KWH turbine, exciter: and switchboard. It is understood that the PWA is investigating all proposals and conferring 'with I ; manufacturers regarding specifica-, I tions for the machinery. An award to the Indiana Engin-i I earing and Construction company I for the general contract covering | the construction of an addition to i i the City Light and Power plant' ' building has been made by the I , PWA. Formal contract has not. 1 yet been entered. An agreement with the Rover heirs to use a driveway north of; their property on North Second I street to the cistern owned by the j city along the batiks of St. Mary’s river was filed and approved by the council. City officials are planning to go ' to Indianapolis, January 7 to file the new power rate schedules with the public service commission, the date depending on the appointment suitable to the commission.! It is planned to make the lower power rates effective with January meter readings. Hold Taxi Driver For Investigation Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 30. —(U.R) — Ernest Mansfield, 22, taxi cab driv-; er, was held here today pending action of a Tippecanoe county i grand jury in connection with the death of Joseph Held, 49, a well - driver. Held's death allegedly was caus-| ed by blows struck by Mansfield as he attempted to oust the victim from the cab at a police sta-. tion. Held rode five hours in the cab, visiting several taverns and drink-, ing heavily, Mansfield told police. He paid only $5 of a $6 fare, and Mansfield said be was attempting to take Hold into the police staklon when the brawl occurred. I

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Wealthy Youth Confesses To Federal Agent; Will Be Arraigned on Charge Yet Unannounced. PUBLICITY STUNT New York, Dec 28,—(U.R) —Caleb J. Milne, 4th., youthful scion of an aristocratic and wealthy Phlladel- ; phla family, confessed to department of Justice agents today that he had faked his own "kidnaping" ' for the sake of publicity. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of tho ' bureau of Investigation of the department of justice, himself made ' the announcement. To newspapermen assembled at !> a. m. In the elaborate headquarters of the "G” men In midtown Manhattan, he said that Milne would be arraigned later today before a federal court lon an unspecified charge. The announcement culminated a "kidnaping" that had been suspected as a hoax by authorities and newspapers from the beginning. Milne disappeared In New York Dec. 14 and was found bound and gagged In a roadside ditch near Doylestown. Pa., the morning of Dec. 19. Federal agents held the 23-year-old aspiring actor and shorf story writer In an undisclosed place. They had questioned him all night. At 4 a. m„ with trembling hand. ' he put his name to a full confession. Hoover came to New York yesterday. List night he went to the Paradise restaurant, with Ben Bernie, a well known orchestra leader, and a Broadway columnist for “Crelaxation." From there ho went to the G-men's headquarters to make the announcement. Young Milno insisted he had no intention of taking $2u,000 ransom for his own release from bls ' wealthy grandfather. Caleb J. ' Milne. Jr., retired textile mannfac- ; turer of Philadelphia. Tho elder Milne, received at least one ietter ; demanding that amount in ransom ' during the time the youth was missing. Young Milne said that | all he wanted was publicity, hoping this would gain him an important stage part, a goal for which he i had struggled in vain for a nuin- ' her of years. Hoover said Milne would be arraigned by an assistant district attorney and that the charge was up , to the district attorney's office, i Milne said he had no accom- ' plices, having put himself into the i condition in which he was found I —eyes and lips taped, wrists bound to knees. He had appeared, then, as if drugged hy narcotics and had mumbled In supposed delirium—- . "don't stick that needle into me ' again." Marks on his arms had appeared as though made by a hypodermic needle. This, he said. j (CONTINUED ON I’AGE THREE) LITTLE PROGRESS ! IN TODD DEATH Thelma Todd's Business Partner Promises New Testimony Los Angelee, Dee 28 — (UP) — Unless Rolland West can give some evidence that would warrant further inquiry into the death of Thelma Todd the investigation will end with his testimony Monday, grand jurors declared today. Investigators were ready to silo the death ict the blond actress among "unsolved mysteries’’ after witnesses failed to add to known facts. West, business partner of the actress, declared he knew the man Miss Todd intended taking to tlio | Wallace Fords’ cocktail party Sunday, December 15, hours after the time fixed by police that she died in a carbon monoxide filled garage. "I knew who was to be her guest at the party on the dij she was supposed to have died,” West de- ■ glared. West made his statement after an admission of Duke Y’ork, Jr., actor and author, that he and Lord Lansd ne, monocled bachelor, were the ryoteriouii guests men* toned by Miss Todd in a phone call to Mrs. , Ford Sunday. 'T don't believe a word of York's story. I am going to tell the grand jury whom she planned to take to the iparty as soon as the jury asks line and not before.” West said.